of our countries, we give what we can to ukraine, we stand side by side with ukraine, but we understand that ukraine pays the highest price. they pay with their lives, with their homes. today, i want to express my thanks to millions and millions of citizens of european countries for that what are you doing, thank you, today we also want to think about how we can increase the efforts we are already making, how to support them. how do you see the results of our efforts and what can be improved for

the further development and further support of ukraine we ukraine needs support, we understand it, we see the directions in which we can start. we need appropriate plans, an architect, architectural plans, reconstruction plans, and we also understand that ukraine has become a candidate for membership in the european union, which means that this is already part of our task to help for ukraine to get back on its feet, we understand that what ukraine needs first is restoration, then reconstruction and modernization , so in fact, with this idea, we come to

work every day and do what we can do. we understand that the first aid should be given to teachers and doctors, and of course we must help ukraine to ensure uninterrupted pension payments, we understand that ukraine needs approximately three to five billion dollars every month to cover basic budgetary needs, so thanks for the help for the help international financial institutions from the usa and from european countries we i think that we can help ukraine cope with such debt obligations and for us this is an appropriate price that we we pay we pay for freedom from three to five billion dollars. that is, we understand that such an

amount of 8 billion dollars will be already in 2023 today, as we speak, when russia deliberately inflicts massive missile strikes civil infrastructure projects are dying, and we understand that the civilian population is deprived of basic needs, but they are deprived of electricity, water, these are elements of russian terror and russia is trying to paralyze ukraine, but we are here today to prevent this, besides, we know that there is approximately 11 million idps in ukraine and they need shelter, heat, electricity, their children

must attend school, and therefore today we must restore everything so that education remains uninterrupted, and the european commission today joins the restoration of the education process in ukraine to the restoration of electrical supply and mechanisms provision of the civilian population, we have already provided food and non-food goods, but we understand that the current phase is a phase of rapid recovery. this is the most important thing before the reconstruction of ukraine in order to ensure restoration of normal life in ukraine, and this brings me to our most important task - this is the reconstruction effort, that is why we organized such a conference in which representatives of more than 40 countries took part, we rely on the

principles laid down in lugano, we are all focused on transparency, accountability , democratic involvement, gender equality , environmental aspects, and sustainability, these are the main principles, but now we have to breathe a breath of life, we have to involve the smartest the brightest leaders in the process of reconstruction in ukraine and that is why we all gathered here today involving international donors involving international businesses we have no time to lose we see what is now a very big big process e approximately 50 billion dollars of international bank is now providing that is we must involve all

possible all possible efforts g7 countries - european union and usa canada japan great britain south korea australia new zealand and many, many other countries all of us today we are united. we must also use the expertise of our partners from the international bank for reconstruction and development and the international monetary fund. today we will discuss how to involve all these sectors and all these representatives, how to meet investment needs, how to form the backbone and foundation for the reconstruction of ukraine in the most reliable and accountable way the international community is now discussing has been discussing for several months how important it is for us to

start this process as soon as possible we are already on early next year we will see the results so we are ready and open to er provide and provide a secretariat for this platform we want er we wanted this work to be launched and we did ukraine will be the leader ukraine will dictate what we should do and this is very important. we are ready to be guided by the inspirations, aspirations and desires of ukrainians. they have the right to become a full member of the european union . investments and reforms with the aim of becoming an extremely

important part of a sustainable and digital europe in the future, all institutions today are aimed at strengthening the supremacy of the right to fear corruption and precisely and the results of such work are the path to reconstruction ukraine will be on the way to eu membership ukraine will become modern and to a flourishing country, ladies and gentlemen. today we need you, we really need your experience, your vision is decisive for us today, that's the only way we get and will succeed. that's why we have gathered here. thank you from the bottom of my heart for joining every dollar, every pound, dollar, euro, what we spend is an investment in ukraine, but it is also an

investment in democratic values ​​around the world, all this is now extremely important and urgent , and therefore if we finish it we understand that this is the road to success, the road to free and democratic nations in our world, let's get stronger. let's all be steadfast. we are inspired by the power and courage that every ukrainian is currently radiating , and that's why we will be with them as long as this it will be necessary glory to ukraine long live europe i welcome you here in berlin thank you for your remarks, we just heard from the president of the european commission mrs.

von der leyen you very importantly emphasized the fact that ukraine is really leading in the right direction and today this conference was organized by representatives of the of the european union, in particular germany, but we understand how much we feel the pulse and rhythm of the heart in which the heart of ukraine beats, and that's why we also understand that it was germany that made efforts so that the ukrainians who are joining us here now and those who want to join us also virtually. that is why the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi, will speak from the president's district. greetings

from berlin. it is a great honor. we are very much looking forward to your vision. i am very glad to hear you here today. the opportunity for our ukraine to get one step closer to normal life, i listened very carefully to the chancellor's speech about the speech of the president of the

european commission, mrs. ursulefon, of course, i think that we can combine our speeches because what i want to say today is what has already been said, it is really very important that we thus agree face to face on the issue of european security and emphasize those important priorities that we must achieve because these are decisive, it was also said yesterday, however, in particular at the conference the business committee of the community, the chancellor said that what we invest in reconstruction, we understand that ukraine, then we invest in a country that will be a future member of the european union, so today the body of the

european union and this is possible only with the fact that ukraine will win how i really want to thank mrs. president of the european commission for your friendship and for your efforts i know that your words agree with the words of the chancellor of germany i really thank you because you give us confidence and we also consider ourselves europeans like you and we understand that ah, in the vision of ukraine as a european country, this

will only strengthen the level of european work, we the people now see what your efforts are, the people see what has already been given to us, all the participants of the conference also know what we really have to give now and to offer, because ukraine now provides security for all of europe, that is why it is ukraine that can guarantee that russia with its false eyelashes will not spread them on the territory of europe, we are now your neighbor, we will definitely restore and defend our capture of territory from under we are enduring the russian occupation, we are enduring and we are standing under these massive attacks and destruction of the

ukrainian energy infrastructure, or the fact that ukraine has already guaranteed this safe food security in europe, that is, in fact, we now see that our agricultural aid and production and exports continue to function, we really understand how powerful the waves of migrants were. yes, we understand that the geoposition of ukraine is very important because we can launch this can give a powerful stimulus to economic recovery in ukraine and that is why we all understand what potential can ukraine be for europeans and for ukrainians in the future, we understand that ukraine can work out investments by more than

100%, but we understand how much we should now stop er stop these actions that russia is taking especially when we are talking about the calculations so the calculations will never be true on the part of russia and ukraine will continue to defend itself and its freedom from invaders this is one of the main points how cruel russia is behaving and how much they want to set the scale destruction , but we are now all this only strengthens us, all of us europeans, ukrainians, we stood in opposition to russian terror, we see that everything is being destroyed, everything , a hundred houses, railway stations, absolutely absolutely everything from a residential building to a nuclear power plant, russia is destroying everything to make

it harder for us, so that ukraine does not recover from the consequences of the war, the greatest prospects, but together we are strengthening the economic potential of ukraine, we feel the support of the europeans and we see that ukraine is now being launched missile attacks attacks by iranian drones and we must so it is very difficult but we must stand together and survive therefore in fact this conference and e must understand that we need we need security security on the ground and we are over it we work, we strive for security in the sky and this is precisely our main priority and urgent need, we need financial assistance specifically to strengthen our vet systems about and therefore i call on the european union, the

usa and our other friends e to help us strengthen our institutional power , we are including rehabilitation programs, the age of recovery programs, and especially when it comes to the post-war period, i now urge you to focus not only on how to restore, but also on what is necessary to ensure the correct providing for financing because i am really grateful to you to the european union, everyone is an ally and a friend to everyone who expresses support for our state, but we need a more systematic approach to such support. therefore, right now, we can determine, in particular, when we talk about financial rammstein

, how to support our stability, we already have a defensive rammstein, it is also possible to organize a financial rammstein. that is, it should be such a coordination platform that will unite everyone and that will direct our efforts, in particular to us unity and consolidation of all our efforts , including effective short-term and long-term, is necessary . i really welcome the polemic and discussion, in particular, which took place during the first conference on the reconstruction of ukraine. we needed and we have a clear and transparent plan for the reconstruction of ukraine. so that survival is not postponed to next year no uh this should not be some conference in great britain no we need it now this is the price of our recovery we understand what the price is

is canceled in the tens of billions of dollars, but we understand that it is critical to provide energy , in particular, to restore the educational process, we understand the scale of the destruction of our cities by russian tanks, a lot is needed for the reconstruction of kyiv , chernihiv, sumy and other cities. ukraine, therefore, i urge you, i emphasize that you should be motivated and finally implement what we agreed on because we have countries donors who are ready to help us and we understand that everything revolves around responsibility

and transparency, and that is why we are here. during this conference, we must make a decision, in particular , regarding financial assistance, to include it in the budget for the next year of ukraine, now there is a 39 billion deficit , we understand that it is primarily about social payments, salaries for teachers, doctors, payments, and ukraine faces such a challenge every month, so we really want to thank the international monetary fund and other international by organizations somewhere for help for specific numbers of financial aid from specific sources that we also receive just today we understand that we are asking for more but we are fighting for more this is for us ukraine this is for us reconstruction this

is victory for us this is peace for us ukraine now provides a guarantee of security not only to ukraine but to the whole of europe and the whole world, that is why our goals today coincide with the goals and values ​​of europe, our approaches are mutually coordinated, we are used to it, we manage to achieve great results we have already achieved we see what is happening within the framework of social and economic adaptation, we understand, we see the results of our cooperation with european and eu institutions, and that is why now the reconstruction of ukraine is an urgent, urgent issue, we understand that our values, our values, and our goals will be achieved, and that is why for this, in order to understand how further

mechanisms will operate under e-e investment mechanisms, there are mechanisms to support ukraine to operate in the near future, we also see that there are a lot of russian assets that are frozen, but there are still very many that still need to be frozen, in particular on the territory of the countries of the european union and actually to us , these frozen assets can be transferred to ukraine for the purpose of reconstruction, therefore russia itself should pay for these for the damage that it has caused to ukraine during this entire period, thank you very much for your support glory to ukraine

, the president of ukraine thank you for your words, the goal really is the transition from abstract numbers to concrete implementation, we see your leadership style. well, thank you for such an example. thank you for all your efforts thank you for joining us from kyiv, thank you, we remind you that this is an international conference on the restoration of ukraine in berlin. we also heard olaf schultz and ursula von der leyen , and the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi , spoke frankly about the problems with which our country is currently facing and the solutions that must be worked out on the site of this international conference, in the meantime, the first

parliamentary summit of the international crimean platform continues, yesterday we talked about expert a-a platforms on which issues related to the reintegration of the occupied territories were discussed, and actually the people who live in these territories, on this crimean platform, the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi, should also present a speech, and if we can now broadcast what is happening there, we can see the conditions of the verkhovna rada, ruslan stefanchuk, we are listening to how i understand, colleagues, that crimea has become entrenched and will strengthen in the international debate. i would like to separately note the decision of the nato parliamentary assembly, as well as in the parliament of lithuania and latvia regarding the creation of a support group for the crimean platform in their composition. i urge you and your parliaments to join these initiatives by creating such associations in their highest legislative bodies. we organized this first parliamentary summit of the international crimean platform as a wide complex of peer-to-peer, multifaceted

events aimed at the development of parliamentary of the selection of our initiative let me remind you that these activities began with the october 18 online address to the verkhovna rada of the prime minister of the republic of croatia, andrej plenković, as an important concomitant an event within the framework of the summit was successfully organized yesterday by the project office and the expert network of the crimea platform, an offline discussion program where various important topics related to and around the occupied crimea were raised. ukrainian and croatian human rights defenders we must state that the russian federation is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity of international law numerous violations of human rights and it is very important that today in the field of our attention and discussion is the situation with the temporarily occupied crimea, where repression continues not only

against the indigenous population of the crimean tatar people, but also against everyone for whom human rights freedom of speech, in the end, human dignity are not empty words of persecution of the founders here they mock us, here our ukrainian church is counted in occupied crimea, there is no independent journalism, the occupiers invented the term single gatherings to apply punitive restrictions to the freedom of peaceful assembly. dear colleagues, enforced disappearances are also practiced. and in russia, those who speak the truth and fight for their rights are considered terrorists, while for the whole civilized world, these people are political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, dear ladies and gentlemen, at the beginning of my speech, i said that the main goal of the crimean platform is the de-occupation of crimea and its return to ukraine. so, all our thoughts are directed towards the liberation of all ukrainians occupied by the enemy without exception territories, but we are also thinking about what to do after the deoccupation and today the team of the president of ukraine

volodymyr zelenskyi all state authorities of ukraine, including the verkhovna rada, are working on steps that will allow the safe reintegration of the deoccupied territories, bring to justice those who committed crimes there, protect property rights, implement a humanitarian policy, restore the work of free media, rebuilding the educational system, demilitarizing the peninsula, and solving the issue of citizenship and, of course, the peninsula's eco-development as an attractive object of internal and external investments, a vision for steps in these areas is currently being formed and a new comprehensive document is expected to appear in the near future, i sincerely believe that in the near future we will together realize the ukrainian dream, which is victory and peace, and one of your next meetings will take place in a free ukraine in a liberated crimea, because the crimean crimean platform, in my opinion, should take place

in the crimea, so i thank you and glory to ukraine, glory to croatia, glory to all our great people, thank you thank you, ruslan, for such strong messages. and now i would like to give the floor to the prime minister of croatia, mr. plenkovich . i give the floor to you. we will have online and dear representatives and presidents and parliaments

of countries who came to zagreb to join us and to provide serious support to ukraine during this first parliamentary session i am glad that this meeting is taking place in zagreb and the national library, where we usually hold the first events on e-e activities , and i wanted to thank the speaker of the parliament who jointly hosts the first parliamentary summit of the new cool infrastructure in ukraine to do additional damage to

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